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short
adjective as in abridged
Strong matches
bare, compressed, condensed, curtailed, decreased, diminished, fleeting, lessened, little, summarized, summary
adjective as in not tall
Weak matches
chunky, close to the ground, pint-sized, pocket-sized, runty, sawed-off, skimpy, squatty, stocky, stubby, thickset, undersized
adjective as in insufficient
adjective as in abrupt, discourteous
Weak matches
bad-tempered, breviloquent, curt, gruff, impolite, inconsiderate, irascible, offhand, rude, short-spoken, short-tempered, snappy, snippety, snippy, testy, unceremonious, uncivil, ungracious
adjective as in crumbly
adverb as in abruptly
Weak matches
aback, by surprise, forthwith, sudden, unanticipatedly, unaware, unexpectedly, without delay, without hesitation, without warning
Example Sentences
If short track had any appeal, Ascot Park would still be open.
Westland said that in fact, it’s possible that what he experiences when he sees long wavelength light is what another person experiences when seeing short wavelength light.
Ai-Da is designed to look like a woman with short black hair.
“They came through all night,” Centennial coach Matt Logan said of his defense while wearing his customary shorts despite temperatures in the 50s.
Local officials believe an electrical short circuit or another fault in a machine used to increase the level of oxygen in the ward sparked the fire.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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